Fresh Interest in Orient Railroad Construction
Emporia area reports rising interest as work advances on the Orient railroad project from Emporia toward Santa Fe, with the line likely to boost local prosperity. Residents express dissatisfaction over route choices and property impacts, while tensions arise over bonds and rights of way as surveys push toward a main line near Lyon and the Missouri boundary.
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Speane Am
Kensae
Atexico Orient Pali Rcad
Ovi- Aeros
Emporia
Santa Pe
Billoor
Lyon
Are
Alfeerd
Orient Survey
Cotter- Mood
Ite
Esiporia
Peniaell
Bradden
Second Avenue
Shange
Big Suit Dismissed in New York Stop Proceedings in Kansas
Stevens heirs of New York discontinue the suit against Katy Parsons and Kas after a court stipulation, claiming settlement out of court. The action sought to force a merger of a road into a Katy line and involved minority stock payments, with officials and counsel indicating the deal may pay $200,000 to $300,000 to minority holders.
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Stevens Heirs of
New York
Katy
Parsons
Thini
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Miss Gould to Increase Gift for Goffeyville Railroad
Miss Hele Mister Gould will donate funds and books totaling several thousand dollars to support the Goffeyville Railroad project. Reports from Secretary F. Shipp indicate an adjusted gift plan including $2.50 toward the railroad, $600 additional for purchases, and $900 for a phonograph box, with ten books to arrive as issued.
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Gould
Goffeyville Railroad
A. Coffeyville, Kas
T. B. Fore
Mimeouri Pacif Hcan
New York
Hele
F. Shipp
New
Eer
Miss Gould
Bae Gould
Eie
Santa Fe Pacific flags mixed business and repairs gains
Santa Fe Pacific sees lighter freight volumes but steady passenger traffic. Road expands maintenance with track work near Dalineting and Cinder Pit, 300 Nevajos slated for new duties. Injured contractor Frank Murphy reportedly to recover. Barnes returns from St Pauls with extended visit. Engine 173 under repairs. local shop crews busy with car fittings and stone deliveries as county parkland boasts beauty.
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Rome
Santa Fe
Mexico
Santa Fe Pacific Company
Tat
Cotten
Frank Murphy
Gallup
Boilar
Barnes
St Toole
West Division
Toright
Herman Kuuerse
Frank van Beihem
Allee Ie
Fernie Magend Cellins
Vannida
Bankers at Lawrence Hear State Bank Reforms and Elections
Lawrence Kansas May banking officials gathered as State Bank Commissioner Albaugh outlined capital reductions and gains across national and state banks since 1896. Officers were elected for the Kansas Bankers Association, with plans to hold the next meeting in Kansas City and remarks by James Erklare at University Hall.
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Lawrence
State Bank
Marton Albaugh
Bankers’ Convention
Albaugh
Mr. Albaugh
Hansai Bankers Association
University Hall
Erkleare
Taliaund
Wes
Whiliam Macterran Onahiar
Bevin Wank
Topeks
Babb’s Emblem and Old Recollections Exposed
The Populists chose Home for All as their party emblem and sent a Wichita representative to obtain a specimen. Photos showed a symbolic ideal home meant to lure new allegiance while linking to Populist roots. A Kansas meeting discussed exposing a secret society tied to pensions, as part of broader constraints on old soldiers.
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W. J. Babb
Wichita
Symple Ideal Home
Wills
Souney
Pettersen- Tal Heht
Isl
Jom II Engulls
Couties
Kansas
South
A Home for All and the Populist Symbol Drawn
The article discusses populist aims to give every man a home, contrasted with a Wichita trip seeking a model for a party symbol. It recounts a past Farmers and Laborers secret society, its secrecy, a stage scare involving an expose, and mentions figures like Ingalls and Stith with political suppression questions.
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BUC & Home
John Curran
State Central Committe
Game
Wichita
Farmers’ Alliance
Lynching by Fire in Bartow over Murder of White Woman
A mob burned Fred Rochelle, a 25 year old Black man, near Bartow Florida after he was accused of murdering Mia Rena Tageart. The atrocity occurred in full view of the town, with spectators calling for swift punishment and authorities unable to prevent the mob from carrying him to the safety of a bridge and into the swamp where kerosene was poured and fire set.
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Bartow
Fla
Fred Rochelle
Mia Rena Tageart
Peanin
Nsseir
Plivida
Tasgart
Tridee
Pines Creek
Uma
Taemart
Hookell
Osse
Nesto
Polk Eunty
Rochette
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